we will go to indiana and talk with historians and talk about the presidential campaigns of eugene debs. for more information on our series, go to our website at c- span.org. you will find biographies of all of the candidates, the story and appraisals. that is all at c-span.org. next come up palestinian president abbas on complications for for palestine. then the at c-span series "the contenders" based on those who ran for president and lost. tonight from nebraska, william jennings bryan. palestinian territories president mahmoud abbas submitted a request for full united nations membership. he declared that the palestinian liberation organization and is ready to go back to the negotiation table immediately. he said that the negotiations would be meaningless if be israelis continued to build on land meant for the palestinian state. this is 40 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, i extend my congratulations to the president of the assembly. i wish him every success. i extend my congratulations on behalf of the palestinian liberation organization for the deserved admission as a full member of